Tell me what in Houston is a flood prone area.
Is it the million dollar gated community four miles from me that has water up to the second floor?
The only obvious danger zone is the Brazos. And the Brazos went so high over its banks that the limited evacuation you would have done, would have been meaningless.
The reservoirs have never breached their banks in 60 years. Both did with devastating consequences. Is that a flood-prone area?
The Houston area did get some very unusually heavy rain during the storm.
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html
“AT 900 AM CDT...THESE ARE THE MOST RECENT PRELIMINARY RAINFALL AND
WIND REPORTS FROM TROPICAL STORM HARVEY. PLEASE REFER TO NHC FOR
THE LATEST PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON HARVEY.
...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 PM
CDT THU AUG 24 THROUGH 900 AM CDT WED AUG 30..”
...
“...TEXAS...
CEDAR BAYOU AT FM 1942 51.88
CLEAR CREEK AT I-45 49.40
DAYTON 0.2 E 49.23
MARYS CREEK AT WINDING ROAD 49.20
SANTA FE 0.7 S 46.70
PASADENA 4.4 WNW 45.74
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR 45.73
HORSEPEN CREEK AT BAY AREA BLVD 45.60
SOUTH HOUSTON 4.0 SSW 44.91
BERRY BAYOU AT FOREST OAKS BLVD 44.80
BERRY BAYOU AT NEVADA 44.44
FRIENDSWOOD 2.5 NNE 44.05
LITTLE VINCE BAYOU AT BURKE RD 43.52
HOUSTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE 43.38
LEAGUE CITY 2.7 NE 43.32
WEBSTER 0.4 NW 43.32
LITTLE CEDAR BAYOU AT 8TH ST 42.32
ARMAND BAYOU AT GENOA-RED BLUFF RD 42.16
TURKEY CREEK AT FM 1959 42.12
ARMAND BAYOU AT PASADENA LAKE 41.20
TAYLOR LAKE AT NASA ROAD 1 40.44
MAHAW BAYOU AT ENGLIN RD 37.75
JACINTO CITY 37.60
HUNTING BAYOU AT LOOP 610 EAST 37.00
TELEPSEN 36.60
MAHAW BAYOU AT BRUSH ISLAND ROAD 36.53
FIRST COLONY 4 WSW 36.34
BEAMER DITCH HUGHES RD 36.32
LA PORTE 1 N 36.24
BAYTOWN 2 NW 35.64
MOUNT HOUSTON 35.60
HOUSTON/CLOVER FIELD 33.37
HOUSTON/INTERCONTINENTAL 31.26
KATY 6 NE 31.23
HOUSTON/WILL HOBBY 27.88
HOUSTON/D.W. HOOKS 27.01
GALVESTON/SCHOLES 22.84
COLLEGE STATION 2 SSW 19.64 “...
Some people believe that they’re safe from natural disasters because their geological locations. No one is safe in that sense. There are infrequent seismological activities that have not yet been studied much (examples, slightly more quick outer core jitter and weak magnetic field spots once in a great while). Even the activities of human beings are natural, by the way (e.g., nukefests between nations).
So who will get the most from insurance claims? Who knows? Will those in the states with the most revenues from retirements and tourism prevail again in getting more of the gold and emergency federal funding, too?